100k in a day

[Makgill22]

I was wondering if it was possible to walk 100,000 steps in a day. has anyone else done that? if so i was wondering how.  How long did you walk?  what did you do? please respond and if you have any tips i would love to know them. thanks!

[runwalkmore]

Thanks! I wish Fitbit would post the number of people with Olympian Sandals. I bet a pretty small group of crazy folk.

[BrigitteJFrel]

@Thisisgajanan

I agree .. walking 100,000 steps in a day isn’t important BUT in the Fitbit world it is the ultimate goal and something that some of us feel we want to challenge ourselves in achieving . Happy stepping 😃

[runwalkmore]

RecoveryRunner: if that was directed at me, I am one of the crazy folk. Read other messages.

[BrigitteJFrel]

@Hleatherby

Congrats on your :hundred_points: k 🙋🏻

[BrigitteJFrel]

@runwalkmore

Sorry 😐.. my response was not directed to you . It was to the fellow who said 100 k steps was not important .

[BrigitteJFrel]

@runwalkmore

Oh and congrats on your :hundred_points: k as well 😃

[Hyperbolic]

Thank you for sharing your e perience in such detail. Very Helpful!

[Jezok]

useful info!!

[Heather-S]

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@runwalkmore wrote:

Thanks! I wish Fitbit would post the number of people with Olympian Sandals. I bet a pretty small group of crazy folk.

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I think it's pretty rare among casual Fitbit users.  I can think of a handful of my Fitbit friends that have achieved it.

I am friends with someone on Fitbit who is pretty famous in the walking community and she has achieved the 100K step badge 91 times.  She is a distance walker and pretty inspiring.  You should google Yolanda Holder, The Walking Diva.

For me personally, I'm still working up to it.  Most recently, I obtained the 45K (Snow Boots) badge and that was a lot of work.  I'm planning my 65K step badge next (Ruby Slippers).  Hoping to do it on Thanksgiving possibly.  It's going to take a lot of planning, starting early, and good weather but not too hot or too cold.  I need to be doing 20-30K consistently, but it's hard.  

I commend anyone who has the strength to do 100K in a day.  I hope to get there one of these days!

[Ronlaub]

I can also say that 100k steps in a day is possible, but very difficult. I have competed in some 24-hour ultra races as a walker. There are many people that can cover over 100 miles in 24 hours, but I am not one of them. But last year, I did a race that started at 8am on Saturday morning. I had done a few thousand steps before the race to warm up and then walked continuously for the remainder of Saturday (except for a couple of 10-minute breaks). I hit the 100k mark a little after 11:30. Runners can get there faster if they have the stamina to go that long.

So yes, it is possible to do. But it sure is not easy.

[Hleatherby]

Wow thank you so much for posting about Yolanda! I had not heard of her before now, and gosh what an inspiration!

[Heather-S]

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@Hleatherby wrote:

Wow thank you so much for posting about Yolanda! I had not heard of her before now, and gosh what an inspiration!

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She's amazing right?!  She's achieved so much and I love that she does it all WALKING!  I follow her on Instagram too!

[Eddrayne]

I did 100k steps in one day: yesterday.  Possible, yes!  Advisable: not completely 😆. I have a couple of big blisters 😑.

I started at midnight, and walked straight though till 6am, averaging 6k steps an hr.  Later on, I was lucky to average 5k steps an hr.  After about 40k steps, the battle became “mental” rather than physical.  Take lots of short breaks.  I drank about 4 litres of water and ate lots of apples and oat energy bars.  After 60k any incline was quite a struggle, so choose somewhere dead flat.  Uneven or rocky footpaths slow you down a lot and are super-painful on knackered knees and blisters: choose smoothly paved surfaces.  Keep the mind interested: go somewhere with great scenery; it’ll distract you from the plod-plod-plod.  The last 10k steps felt like torture!  I finished at 6pm.  Am quite sore today, so make sure you have the day off after your challenge.   Good luck 😉